Flares helps police find stranded boats in Brick

Development can be seen along the Metedeconk River in Brick in this 2011 photo. Boats returning from the Brick Summerfest fireworks on the Metedeconk River Thursday night got stranded in the marsh off Lake Point Drive, said State Police Capt. Stephen Jones.
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BRICK – A call reporting distress flares at 10:18 p.m. Thursday alerted authorities to two boats, one with seven on board, stranded on a Kettle Creek marsh, police said.

The boats were returning from the Brick Summerfest fireworks on the Metedeconk River when they got stranded in the marsh off Lake Point Drive, said State Police Capt. Stephen Jones.

A resident reported seeing distress flares and the State Police Marine Bureau from Point Pleasant responded and located the boats in the Kettle Creek, Jones said. There were no injuries to any of the passengers, he said.

Wendie Winn of Brick was operating the stranded 25-foot Cobia with seven on board, Jones said. The Cobia occupants were taken home by the Brick Fire Department’s Zodiac which discovered the group while returning from the fireworks, said Brick Police Sgt. Henry J. Drew. The second boat, a 26-foot Aquasport with two people on board, was operated by Ziguds Zingus of Brick. The State Police boat brought them to their home, Jones said.